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Taiwan's government has accused China of breaching international law by drilling for oil and gas inside Taiwan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and immediately demanded it halt the activity. The statement from the office of Taiwan's president, Lai Ching-te, came after revelations first reported by the Guardian that several Chinese oil rigs and associated vessels had been detected inside Taiwan's EEZ, near the disputed Pratas Islands, which are under Taiwanese control.